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A Magnetar's Birthplace Deepens The Mystery of Its Origins
On the outskirts of the Milky Way, one of the rarest kinds of stars in the galaxy has just become even more mysterious than ...
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The Ticking Clock of Earth’s Core Collapse
Core collapse is a term that sparks curiosity and concern among scientists and the public alike. While it might sound like ...
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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, is dwarfed by the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall. In fact, the team ...
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Where did this extremely magnetic, dense and dead star come from? Scientists aren't quite sure
This triggers a "core-collapse" supernova that blows away these outer layers and most of the mass of the dying star. The result is that what was once a star core becomes a stellar remnant with the ...
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This Magnetar Formed Without a Supernova, Hubble Finds
A decade of observations cast doubt on the typical magnetar origin story, at least as it relates to SGR 0501+4516.